Group to hold youth music, children’s painting contests celebrating Macau’s return to the motherland

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland later this year, the Macao Youth Artistic Association has rolled out a raft of cultural and artistic events and competitions, including its annual Macau Reunification Cup youth music competition and Traces of Time children’s painting competition, which are open to all students from Macau, including non-local students enrolled in local education institutions. A press conference about the two upcoming competitions

April 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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André Lui presents latest work in ‘Contemplating Still Life’ solo exhibition

The latest work by Macau scholar, architect and artist André Lui Chak Keong is on display in an exhibition entitled “Contemplating Still Life” in the basement of the Portuguese Bookshop until May 11.Still life, Wikipedia notes, depicts mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural such as flowers, dead animals and shells, or human-made including books, vases, and jewellery.The exhibition features a total of six of Lui’s still life paintings and

April 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Calming tensions in the Middle East

China Daily Editorial        Within hours of Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel on Sunday, China initiated intensive diplomatic mediation efforts involving Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel, seeking to use its balanced relations with these countries to calm the situation in the Middle East.Iran has stated that its military action was in response to Israel’s airstrike on its consulate in Damascus, Syria, and it deems the matter to be concluded, so there is no reason

April 18, 2024 | BY admin

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Green cooperation holds potential for China, Germany

Commentary by Xinhua writer Wu Yan        BEIJING – When touring a China-Germany hydrogen technology cooperation project in Chongqing Municipality during his three-day official visit to China, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried out the assembly of the hydrogen power module and gave a thumbs-up to a staff nearby afterward.He was impressed by the bilateral cooperation in hydrogen technology, which offers a glimpse of the broad collaboration between China and Germany in

April 18, 2024 | BY admin

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Li holds talks with Scholz, calling for new level of bilateral relations

    BEIJING – Premier Li Qiang held talks with Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz in Beijing yesterday, calling for a new level of bilateral relations with expanded mutual understanding and win-win results through dialogue and cooperation. Noting that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-Germany comprehensive strategic partnership, Li said that China stands ready to work with Germany to enhance mutual understanding through dialogue and achieve win-win results

April 17, 2024 | BY admin

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Xi meets Scholz, calls for achieving mutual success

      BEIJING – President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, calling on the two sides to carry forward the distinctive characteristics of mutual benefit and win-win outcomes and achieve mutual success. Noting that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the all-round strategic partnership between China and Germany, Xi said that over the past 10 years, despite tremendous changes in the

April 17, 2024 | BY admin

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Ho vows to study measures to ‘more strongly’ support SMEs

Long-term consumption coupons ‘unhealthy’ for economyChief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledged yesterday that the government will continue to study the feasibility of rolling out new measures aiming to support “more strongly” the city’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) later this year, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland.The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was established on December 20, 1999.However, the chief executive also

April 17, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Local teen loses HK$6.85 million in ‘fake police’ scam

A local teenager lost HK$6.85 million in a “fake police” scam in August last year, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said yesterday, adding that PJ officers arrested a mainland woman on Monday for assisting a telecom fraud gang in opening a bank account in Hong Kong, which had received HK$1.65 million of the victim’s money.The Judiciary Police, according to Ho, received a report from the male victim on September 5 last year about his loss of HK$6.85 million in a fake police

April 17, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Currency exchange dealer embezzles HK$550,000

A woman from the mainland has been arrested for embezzling HK$550,000 from a gambler, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference yesterday.The 42-year-old suspect, surnamed Gong, told the police that she doesn’t have a formal job.According to Ho, the mainland male victim got acquainted with Gong in 2020 and used to engage in currency exchanges with her during his regular visits to Macau. On January 19 of this year, the victim contacted Gong to arrange another

April 17, 2024 | BY William Chan

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‘Oxfam Rice’ to seek donations this weekend

OXFAM will hold its annual fundraising event, “Oxfam Rice”, across Macau this weekend, aiming to raise 700,000 patacas, the organisation announced at a kick-off ceremony yesterday.Themed “Fight Climate Change, Empower Smallholder Farmers”, OXFAM, a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organisations (NGOs), said it hoped the charity sale of “Oxfam Rice” and related products will attract public attention and raise donations to empower smallholder farmers to

April 17, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Elisabela Larrea hopes to raise interest in Patuá through her book

Interview by Rui Pastorin        This Saturday will see the launch of Elisabela Larrea’s book “Unchinho di Língu Maquista: Patuá Bit by Bit: Flashcard Book”, with the author telling the Post in a phone interview yesterday that she hopes to raise interest for and awareness of the Portuguese-Asian Creole, as well as offer an approachable way to learn it.“Unchinho di Língua Maquista” is Patuá for “A Bit of Macanese Language”. Larrea, who holds a PhD in

April 17, 2024 | BY admin

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Govt to launch 2nd phase of talent import scheme in May: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that he expected the second phase of the government’s High-end and Outstanding Talents Programmes for highly qualified human resources could get off the ground in May, which would mainly focus on “excellent” non-local graduates who study subjects related to Macau’s four new key industries.Ho made the remarks during a Q&A session of the Legislative Assembly during which he answered 29 lawmakers’ questions on government policies and social

April 17, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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First redevelopment project in Iao Hon to start later this year: Ho

During yesterday’s Q&A session in the Legislative Assembly (AL), Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said that the first urban-redevelopment residential project in Iao Hon district will be launched later this year.Government-owned Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) is currently planning the redevelopment of a group of dilapidated residential estates in Iao Hon, a neighbourhood in the peninsula’s northern district. Ho said that the first redevelopment project to be launched in Iao Hon would

April 17, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Overstayer rents flats to overstayers

A woman from the mainland, who herself has been overstaying for nearly two years in Macau, has been arrested for renting three local residential units and renting two of them out to overstayers, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Wang is in her forties. A male overstayer surnamed Yu, who is also in his forties, assisted Wang in renting a flat to a female overstayer, whose surname was not revealed by the

April 17, 2024 | BY William Chan

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